Saad Hussain awarded Wagner Fellowship
6/21/2018
Congratulations to our graduate student Saad Hussain on being awarded a prestigious Robert R. Wagner Fellowship to support his research. This fellowship was established in 1997 through the generosity of…
Saad Hussain wins Poster Award
6/20/2018
Congratulations to our graduate student Saad Hussain on winning first place for his poster presentation at the 2018 Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology Annual Retreat. Saad’s poster on the role…
We welcome to Ali Rohani to our lab!
3/16/2018
Ali joins our lab as a data scientist to explore the relationship between mitochondrial dynamics and cellular physiology in pancreatic cancer.
11/21/2017
We are currently seeking a talented postdoc to work on the project: Exploring the Role of Mitochondrial Fission in Pancreatic Tumorigenesis, to develop and employ image processing and computational methods…
11/21/2017
New Grant! The lab has received a 2-year supplement to our current R01, Exploring the Role of Mitochondrial Fission in Pancreatic Tumorigenesis, to develop and employ image processing and computational…
6/6/2017
Sarb has received an F30 fellowship from the National Cancer Institute to support his research. The three year fellowship titled "Physiological Role of Dynamin-Related Protein 1 in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.”…
5/26/2017
Sarb’s Review titled, "The interplay between oncogenic signaling networks and mitochondrial dynamics” has been published in the journal Antioxidants. Congratulations Sarb! Read the full text here
5/25/2017
Riley won first place in the poster competition at the 33rd annual Richard D. Katz Undergraduate Research Symposium. Riley’s poster was titled, “Exploring the Role of Drp1 in Pancreatic Endocrine…
4/7/2017
Ashley Ferguson will study at the University of Cambridge’s Medical Research Council Cancer Unit with a Rotary Global Grant next year. "Ferguson is researching how cancer cells survive nutritional deprivation…
2/7/2017
February, 2017 Ph.D. student Saad Hussain has joined the laboratory to do his thesis work. Saad graduated from UVA in 2014 with degrees in Biology and Economics. Prior to joining…